Port of Houston awards contracts for container terminal study

Port of Houston Authority commissioners this week awarded three professional service contracts for project outlines for a conceptual study for a new container facility on Pelican Island.

Houston entered into an agreement with Galveston Wharves 2007 to formulate a master development plan for a container terminal on the island, saying the need for a new container-handling facility is a priority because Houston is the busiest container port along the U.S. Gulf Coast, handling nearly 70 percent of its container traffic.

   In other action, the commissioners:

   Approved $3 million for shoreline protection at Morgan's Point, near Barbours Cut Terminal.

   Awarded a $1.3 million contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., for work involving the Bayport terminal.

   Approved advertising for bids for a secured truck entrance at Cargo Bay Road at the Turning Basin Terminal for $6.2 million to $7 million. 

Source: American  Shipper